MarlinTheMagician
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Gotta identify the QB, but those wideouts are crazy. Robert Woods may have fit in!
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We are building the roster. Sometimes you have to take one step back to make two steps forward. Our WR group - savages.
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We will see. I too like Ty and am rooting for him. He has more weapons - when Sammy was out WRs were garbage last year. Too bad if Glenn can't go - could be tough without him.
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Don't make waves! Kidding, darn good question. Not clear if CG can't go.
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Don't matter. Wishing Sammy well. Like our group, they got the dog in 'em.
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Very nice guy, friends went to Clemson with him said he was very nice. Nice -- and perhaps soft by NFL standards. I thought EJ was gonna get him killed, but I was wrong. GOFF!
Gimme the righteous dudes in the room for now. Add talent as needed with draft or FA. Probs need a true number 1 at some point, when OG Boldin retires and we know who our QB will be (Tyrod or otherwise). Not a tank, good business not to tie your future to an oft-injured but talented wideout as it would take a truckload to sign him - if he would even take it.
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Boldin is THE OG! Class act pro who does not need to worry about what anyone thinks. Man is a man and he will not suffer any fools.
Goff may get Sammy killed. I hope not, but if he thought B-lo was tough - have you watched the Lams? Oy!
Matthews, OG and Zay - that is a pretty righteous group.
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Goff will limit Sammy's production. Sammy may stay healthy - it is a contract year. But whether he does or doesn't Rams likely have to back up the truck to pay him basketball money.
Matthews is an elite slot guy and if he shows out we should sign him. Zay on one side. Boldin will likely retire. True #1 not on roster yet, but he will be on the other side. Free agent or draft, there are safer bets than Sammy for the big $$$$. Folks need to get over the fact that he was our pride and joy. Now he ain't - I wish him well.
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He is playing with Goff. Numbers will be pedestrian if healthy, and worse if not. And what I am really interested in is NEXT YEAR's numbers, after he has gotten paid. Glad we don't own that issue.
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Very happy for EJ. He needs to hold a clip board for a couple years.
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Agree. I think it will be situational. When they are looking for an 8 yard gain, Zay, Matthews and Boldin all make sense. When they need to take the top off either as a decoy or trying to hit the home run, I think Matthews or Boldin will rotate out and Holmes (or maybe Streater) will rotate in. I really, really like Matthews, but everything I have read is his strength is finding gaps in the coverage on intermediate routes, principally from the slot. And everything I have read is he struggles gaining separation when outside. I would not think they would force him to play roles he has not been too successful in, but agree he can run what he runs well from the outside as well as slot based on scheme.
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I think Streater and Holmes can stretch the field, and hopefully Zay. They can rotate out Matthews or Boldin for Holmes or Streater if they need more than 1 deep threat on the field with Zay - could be kind of situational. I think they will be better than Glass. See below from a Raiders blog when they were trying to retain Holmes a year ago:
Holmes will likely never reach his 2014 production again in Oakland, but he is a very useful receiver to have as evidenced by his four touchdowns last season. A player who has both height and speed as a deep threat who is also dangerous in the endzone, Holmes staying in Oakland would be an underrated success for the team’s offensive attack with how the 6’5″ continues to make plays for the Silver and Black.
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We could score last year, but defense was atrocious. We couldn't cover last year, and the 200 yard games were so painful. I think corners are de-emphasized in the scheme. Not put on islands a la Rexie. I believe D Line will be meaningfully better - and with luck reminiscent of 2014. Like many teams, we did not miss the playoffs by much last year. If D is significantly improved and offense is same or slightly better (I will take three pros over one hurt star in the receiving corps), there is no reason we should not be in the hunt.
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I was just playing, not offended. I do believe strongly the team will be much better this year. The reason is I think the defense will be much improved, and I believe the offense will be comparable or slightly better. We could score last year, but couldn't stop a high school team. I think McD will button that down significantly. That would mean a significant improvement this year, and a much brighter future.
I will pass on the sour, thank you. It is hard enough to be a Bills fan without self-inflicted mental wounds. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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Good post, agree. Team should be entertaining at the least, and headed in right direction. At best - what the OP said.
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Better this year, and much better in the future. They are aligned on that, it seems to me. Nothing they have done so far suggests to me they are not on track for that. Really no one knows how Darby/Sammy will perform vs. Matthews/Gaines, and that is a small piece of the equation. We are addressing our cap problems, addressing the draft and we have not decimated this year's product like the Jets have. IMHO. Sammy contributed almost nothing last year, and neither did Darby. Why assume we will not be improved?
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Well said, and me too.
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I had a Watkins jersey -- but it fell apart after 4 games ;-)
And I tried to get this dude with a little job to sew it back together, but he just refused for some reason.
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Fitzpatrick. Just had to say it.
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Bills are better on the field this year. And they were not that far out of the playoffs last year. And we got the picks. Rejoice.
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I wouldn't trade Tyrod unless the other team took Dareus too! Then I would do it for almost any pick -- call it a 2nd and a 6th.
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And please don't be so imperious as to presume to tell me what should be in my own post. What has a place is what I deem fit to have a place. I choose to believe Dawkins is going to wreck people. I choose to believe that Logan's outstretched hands will be visible to Tyrod in the middle of the field. I choose to believe the Bills will end the drought this year. I like my Kool-Aid by the jug. I was happy to give my money to Ralph because the team stayed, and I am happy to give my money to Pegs for keeping it here. You don't know what Dawkins, Boldin, Matthews and Zay will add to the offense anymore than I do. No one does, not even McBean. So 19-0 baby. And don't feel bad for Kyle, beyond the millions he gets to wear the finest uniform in the NFL in the nicest stadium with the best fans.
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Sammy was never elite. Matthews will bite off his own sternum to play.
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Not to steal the thread from Kyle but...
Your reasoning that the offense has improved just doesn't make sense. A third string TE and a potential back up at RT doesn't improve anything, if you want to argue that the team has improved on offense, i could get on board but those two points don't have a place in the argument
You ignore that I said "improved the receiver group" and added Dawkins and Thomas. That was the larger point, and your skewer ignores it. I think the offense will be at least comparable as I said. Geesh, no nit to small to pick. I did not attempt to catalogue every single change - did not even give a tip of the cap to our fleet of fullbacks! I think the team will be materially better on the field this year. Therefore don't feel bad for Kyle.
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The jump-drop vs, Falcons dude we had, who laid down on a kickoff for Rexie when he later signed with Jets. How fast I forget these guys!
Or Marlin Briscoe - the Magician!